Ingredients

  • Crab 1/2 kg cleaned(here i used sea crab)
  • Salt
  • Chilly powder 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder 1/2tsp
  • Kachampuli(garcinia extract)
  • Onion 2 small
  • Tomato 1 small
  • Ginger 2 inch piece
  • Garlic 4 to 5 cloves
  • Coriander 2 tsp
  • Jeera 1 tsp
  • Pepper whole 4 to 5
  • Red chilly roasted 4
  • Coconut grated 1/2 cup
  • Coriander leaves handful

Method

Marinate crab with salt ,chilly, turmeric and kachampuli and keep aside. Take all the other ingredients in grinder except tomato and 1 onion, grind well, with little water.

In a kadai, fry chopped onions and tomato. Add crabs with little water and cover and boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Now add ground mixture and boil till the entire masala reaches a thick gravy consistency.